BYD has six electric e6 taxis running in Hong Kong, across the border from its Shenzhen, China, headquarters. Its plans call for much more: “We expect to increase the number of e6 taxis in Hong Kong to 5,000 in three years,” Liu Xueliang, general manager of BYD Asia Pacific sales, told Reuters. Hong Kong Taxi & Public Light Bus Association said it is renting from BYD an initial fleet of 45 taxis for around US$1,000 each per month.

Back home in China, BYD sold about 1,700 e6 vehicles last year. They go for around $60,000 and are reluctantly bought by local governments and taxi companies that want to shine their green image.

That would be interesting. As a past HK resident, I remember the initial resistance from the taxi drivers over switching from diesel to LPG gas (due to the infrastructure availability over fueling, IIRC).

The fact that they are already doing trials with the car probably bodes well for future acceptance/implementation. I do wonder, however, does the economic numbers make it feasible? Besides painting it in red and silver (the taxi colors of Hong Kong).